International Institute for Management Development has won 41 Case Centre awards over the course of the contest, including five overall case awards in 1993, 1995, 2002, 2014, and 2022.
Outstanding Case Writer: Angaza: A Silicon Valley Journey
Vanina Farber and Shih-Han Huang, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
IMD also won for Outstand Case Writer with this case about Angaza, a Silicon Valley darling that went from manufacturing solar-power lights and cookstoves to African countries to a pay-as-you-go technology company. Though it’s IMD’s 42 win overall, it is the first time it’s brought home the Outstanding Case Writer category award.
“Winning with this case is for us a validation of the value of storytelling as pedagogy, and also recognition for the key themes we touch on in the case. We try to use elements of story writing in the case so students can embark on a discovery journey. We strive to show, not tell,” the authors say.
Economics, Politics and Business Environment: Apple Watch (A) – The Launch
Lidija Polutnik and Megan Way, Babson College
This case examines Apple’s 2014 launch of its first smartwatch into a fast growing and increasingly crowded market. Would it be a game changer, or just another wearable gadget?
This is the authors’ first Case Award and the second for Babson College which won for Finance, Accounting and Control in 2002.
“We believe that economics education provides students with the necessary rigor and critical thinking skills that support excellence in decision-making. Using data and examples from real-world cases, where students are asked to solve business problems, facilitates integrated learning and improves effectiveness of economics education. It also reflects the types of multifaceted decisions students will be asked to make in their work,” the authors say.
Entrepreneurship: Developing an Effective Corporate Entrepreneurship System: The Case of the Robert Bosch Group (A)
Ann-Kathrin Leiting, Jana Thiel and Bart Clarysse, ETH Zurich
After investing in a new Corporate Innovation department to foster entrepreneurship, The Robert Bosch Group of Germany saw many of the new projects fail to materialize. This case looks at the causes of the low project survival rate.
“Our ambition was to offer contemporary perspectives that can spark new discussions on the ever-current topic of organising corporate entrepreneurship and corporate renewal. We are delighted to see the great uptake of this case in a number of institutions and are glad that our work can create meaning in the classroom,” the authors say.
This is the first Case Award for the authors as well as for ETH Zurich.
CASE CENTRE AWARD WINNERS, 2022
Overall winner: adidas: How to Keep Running Fast in a Post-COVID-19 World? by Niccolò Pisani, International Institute for Management Development (IMD); and Ornella Lupoi, University of Amsterdam
Economics, Politics and Business Environment:, Apple Watch (A) – The Launch by Lidija Polutnik and Megan Way, Babson College
Entrepreneurship: Developing an Effective Corporate Entrepreneurship System: The Case of the Robert Bosch Group (A) by Ann-Kathrin Leiting, Jana Thiel and Bart Clarysse, ETH Zurich
Ethics and Social Responsibility: Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal: How Could It Happen? by N Craig Smith and Erin McCormick, INSEAD
Finance, Accounting and Control: Private Equity and Infrastructure: Antin’s TowerCo Deal by Denis Gromb, HEC Paris
Human Resource Management / Organizational Behavior: Microsoft: Building a Collaborative Work Culture to Foster Innovation by Jitesh Nair and Balaswamy Pasala, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management, Fintech and Finance Transformation: The Rise of Ant Financial Services by Rainny Shuyan Xie, Sia Siew Kien and Boon-Siong Neo, Nanyang Business School
Marketing: waterdrop®: Changing the Paradigms of the Beverage Industry with Limited Resources and Digital Marketing by Joerg Niessing, Anne-Marie Carrick and Carla Baumer, INSEAD
Production and Operations Management: Apple Inc: Global Supply Chain Management by P Fraser Johnson, Ivey Business School
Strategy and General Management, Amazon Goes Global 2020, An Ivey Publishing case by Jing Li, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, and Yong Li, Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Free case: Netflix Goes to Bollywood by Donald N Sull, MIT Sloan School of Management and Stefano Turconi, London Business School
COMPETITION WINNERS
Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method: Anne T Lawrence, Case Research Foundation
Outstanding Case Teacher: Nuno Fernandes, IESE Business School
Outstanding Case Writer, Angaza: A Silicon Valley Journey, Vanina Farber and Shih-Han Huang, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Outstanding Case Writer: Hot Topic ‘Responding to shocks:’ Zoom Video Communications: Flash in the Pandemic or Enduring Success? An Ivey Publishing case by Malay Krishna and Gursimran Gambhir, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR)
Outstanding Compact Case: Three Cases on Workplace Mistreatment, Karen Harlos, University of Winnipeg; AND Lucas Monzani and Alison Konrad, Ivey Business School
Outstanding New Case Writer, Purposeful Leadership at Best Buy, Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris
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